The adventurous state of mind is a high house… The joy of adventure is unaccountable.
AGNES MARTINI want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.
More Agnes Martin Quotes
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To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like.
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Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.
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I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistake.
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You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
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When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts.
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That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.
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We all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly
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You can’t make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can’t make a perfect painting.
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Beauty and happiness and life are all the same and they are pervasive, unattached and abstract and they are our only concern.
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I used to meditate until I learned to stop thinking.
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I think it’s a response in our minds to perfection. It’s too bad, people not realizing that their minds expand beyond this world.
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Anything can be painted without representation.
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I want to emphasize the fact that we all have the same experience and the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
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Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind.
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I’m very careful not to have ideas, because they’re inaccurate.
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